Realty Income (O) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Realty Income Corporation is a real estate investment trust (REIT) that owns and manages commercial properties leased to businesses. Its portfolio includes retail, industrial, gaming, and other properties, typically leased under long-term net lease agreements in which tenants are responsible for many property operating expenses.

Founded in 1969, Realty Income is known as “The Monthly Dividend Company” for its monthly dividend payments. The company serves tenants across the United States and has expanded its property portfolio into Europe.

Realty Income is headquartered in San Diego, California. Sumit Roy has served as the company’s president and chief executive officer since 2018.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $58.91 to $59.47
• 50-Day Range: $53.35 to $61.71
• 52-Week Range: $53.15 to $67.93
• Volume: 839,059 shs
• Average Volume: 6.45 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $56.38 billion
• P/E Ratio: 40.88
• Dividend Yield: 5.50%
• Price Target: $71.69
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Realty Income Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Realty Income scored higher than 85% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 44th out of 190 stocks in the real estate sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.9 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Realty Income has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.44, and is based on 2 strong buy ratings, 5 buy ratings, 10 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

Realty Income has a consensus price target of $71.69, representing about 21.0% upside from its current price of $59.26.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Realty Income has been the subject of 9 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 3.15%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Realty Income are expected to grow by 3.15% in the coming year, from $4.44 to $4.58 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Realty Income is 40.87, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 25.68.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Realty Income is 40.87, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Real Estate sector average P/E ratio of about 25.62.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Realty Income has a PEG Ratio of 4.33. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Realty Income has a P/B Ratio of 1.32. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.45% of the float of Realty Income has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Realty Income has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 5.78.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Realty Income has recently increased by 10.11%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Leadership

Realty Income is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 5.47%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Realty Income has been increasing its dividend for 31 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Realty Income is 224.83%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Realty Income will have a dividend payout ratio of 71.18% next year. This indicates that Realty Income will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.77

News Sentiment

Realty Income has a news sentiment score of 0.77. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.64 average news sentiment score of Real Estate companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 44 news articles for Realty Income this week, compared to 9 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

163 people have searched for O on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 38% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

45 people have added Realty Income to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 73% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Realty Income insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.10% of the stock of Realty Income is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

70.81% of the stock of Realty Income is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 11/13 Dividend: 10/30/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 11/13 Dividend: 10/30/2026
• Last Earnings: 11/02/2026
• Today: 11/13/2026
• Dividend Payable: 11/13/2026
• Record date for 12/15 Dividend: 11/30/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 12/15 Dividend: 11/30/2026
• Dividend Payable: 12/15/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Real Estate
• Industry: Retail REITs
• Sub-Industry: Retail REITs
• Current Symbol: NYSE:O
• CIK: 726728
• Web: www.realtyincome.com
• Phone: (858) 284-5000
• Fax: 760-741-2235
• Employees: 544
• Year Founded: 1969

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Realty Income: $71.69
• High Price Target: $187.00
• Low Price Target: $59.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +21.4%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.44
• Research Coverage: 18 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.45
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 40.67
• Forward P/E Ratio: 12.90
• P/E Growth: 4.33
• Net Income: $1.06 billion
• Net Margins: 21.85%
• Pretax Margin: 24.53%
• Return on Equity: 3.27%
• Return on Assets: 1.80%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.74
• Current Ratio: 6.04
• Quick Ratio: 6.04

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $5.75 billion
• Price / Sales: 9.77
• Cash Flow: $3.93 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 15.01
• Book Value: $44.80 per share
• Price / Book: 1.32

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 951,000,000
• Free Float: 950,046,000
• Market Cap: $56.17 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.65